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Language: Windesi Wandamen

Source/Author:  Blust, from Van Balen, & Anceaux 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:wad  Glottocode: wand1267 
Notes:  v is [β]. Van Balen's materials may be reliable (collected in the first half of the 20th century), but Anceaux relies on second-hand sources and transcriptions, so while general word shapes are accurate details may be off (ie b for β, etc). 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Peng Du  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:South Halmahera-West New Guinea:West New Guinea:Cenderawasih Bay:Yapen:Central-Western 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
67 to sew word info      
193 if      
196 to count      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
3 right watan      
17 liver vuvusa from EAG field notes    
20 to know, be knowledgeable rina      
21 to think sanepai[a]      
25 neck rau      
27 nose suo      
28 to breathe saie      
28 to breathe surap      
30 mouth sore      
31 tooth dire      
41 to bite karip(e)      
44 to hear diawa      
46 to see ser[a]      
46 to see sayor      
51 to sit masoi      
53 person/human being siniotu      
56 child marareia from EAG field notes    
59 mother awini from EAG field notes    
61 house anio      
62 thatch/roof babua      
62 thatch/roof nandau      
64 to say oyo      
64 to say topan      
66 to tie up, fasten kasies      
69 to hunt word info aduat      
69 to hunt word info atar      
72 to hit word info rora      
75 to die, be dead voru      
76 to live, be alive tenam      
77 to scratch word info kara      
77 to scratch word info arar      
80 to split word info sabu      
81 sharp masai      
81 sharp rebuo      
82 dull, blunt kabur      
83 to work word info nanari      
86 to grow word info siwara      
88 to squeeze word info kusar      
89 to hold word info kamut      
92 to open, uncover seban      
93 to pound, beat word info tara      
95 to fall word info marosu      
95 to fall word info maruran to drop, fall    
95 to fall word info tawa from EAG field notes    
96 dog wona      
96 dog aŋgamau Wondama dialect. From EAG field notes.    
98 egg ponor[i]      
99 feather tu[m]      
100 wing vara|rau hand + leaf    
102 rat waŋgar      
104 fat/grease vionoria      
105 tail kapupui      
107 worm (earthworm) kasibui      
110 spider kerakerai      
110 spider apopa      
112 rotten word info pasua      
116 flower ariau      
120 stone rovuki      
120 stone rebuki from EAG field notes    
121 sand rubua[n]      
122 water word info karu from EAG field notes    
122 water word info kambu from EAG field notes    
123 to flow dira      
127 woods/forest uta[n] < Malay   L
127 woods/forest rei      
127 woods/forest dereu from EAG field notes    
132 fog kamayow      
132 fog woyow      
133 rain rama      
135 lightning kabiebar      
137 to blow word info bub[u]      
138 warm word info mas      
138 warm word info omar[a]      
139 cold word info riesa      
139 cold word info rewas      
139 cold word info anuanum      
140 dry word info parar      
140 dry word info sinaya      
144 to burn word info kair      
145 smoke word info woyow      
145 smoke word info tup      
149 red urar      
150 yellow niŋgua[i]      
158 narrow kotar      
159 wide savaveri      
160 painful, sick pota      
162 old word info masa      
164 good aten      
164 good besyen      
166 correct, true watan      
166 correct, true tindia      
168 day raria      
169 year taune     L
170 when? word info tane      
171 to hide word info aniwar(i)      
179 near ariasi      
181 where? word info napa      
181 where? word info tapa      
184 he/she andi subject only. from EAG field notes    
186 you mi|at      
188 what? word info vitoi      
190 other esa      
190 other esi[a]      
191 all sipar      
191 all wura      
194 how? word info tane      
195 no, not moyar      
198 Two word info muandu      
4 leg/foot ae   1  
4 leg/foot ai   1  
11 dust wabu cf.146 1  
17 liver ate|ni   1  
18 breast susu   1  
22 to fear matai(t)   1  
24 head ru   1  
35 to vomit mamuta   1  
37 to eat ane tr. 1  
37 to eat api intr. 1  
38 to chew word info mam   1  
40 to drink unu[m]   1  
54 man/male mua[n]   1  
60 father tama-   1  
70 to shoot word info ana   1  
74 to kill mun   1  
78 to cut, hack word info tara   1  
79 stick/wood ai   1  
85 to choose iri   1  
87 to swell word info barbara   1  
91 to buy vori   1  
108 louse word info [r]utu   1  
114 leaf rau   1  
117 fruit buo   1  
141 wet va|vasa   1  
142 heavy marabat (<M) 1  
143 fire adia   1  
146 ash w|abu   1  
147 black meta[n]   1  
156 thin word info minis   1  
161 shy, ashamed mamaya   1  
163 new vavoru   1  
174 in, inside raro   1  
176 below vav[a]   1  
177 this yani   1  
177 this nini   1  
178 that yana   1  
178 that nina   1  
182 I yau   1  
183 thou au   1  
184 he/she i   1  
185 we word info ta|ta   1  
187 they si|[at]   1  
189 who? word info tei   1  
197 One word info siri   1  
197 One word info esa   1  
199 Three word info toru   1  
200 Four word info at[e]   1  
201 Five word info rime from EAG field notes 1  
55 woman/female babi   1, 105  
55 woman/female vavi[n]   1, 106  
90 to dig sarai   10  
122 water word info maria   11  
140 dry word info masa   11  
60 father [a]yai   11?  
68 needle ret   12  
126 lake ruru   12  
6 road/path ran   13  
111 fish dia[n]   13  
173 at na or 20? 13  
36 to spit kanisu   14  
23 blood ria[t]   14?  
15 bone sina   15  
1 hand vara   16  
49 to lie down word info bata   16  
52 to stand osa[r]   16  
12 skin rawa   17  
129 moon sembai   17  
130 star siverere   17  
8 to turn word info ara   18  
8 to turn word info sobera   18  
94 to throw word info so   18  
109 mosquito kamumi[s]   18  
152 small katu   18  
9 to swim as(e)   19  
29 to sniff, smell anasa   19  
47 to yawn mavav   19  
128 sky rora   19  
165 bad, evil kariria   19  
167 night diru   19  
16 intestines sanèwai   1?  
19 shoulder varabo metathesis? 1?  
34 to cry sai[se]   1?  
42 to suck sum   1?  
63 name sano   1?  
73 to steal manana   1?  
104 fat/grease mai[n]   1?  
113 branch word info rawan(e)   1?  
149 red mirai   1?  
172 to climb word info katar   1?  
192 and e   1?  
57 husband sawa(n)   2  
84 to plant tanam   2  
97 bird aya   2  
115 root war   2  
134 thunder kuru|ya   2  
172 to climb word info sa   2  
175 above vavo   2  
185 we word info am|at   2  
192 and ma   2  
50 to dream ena-mia   20  
125 salt sasi-tarai   20  
71 to stab, pierce isan   21  
106 snake korow   22  
119 earth/soil kakopa   22  
124 sea rawanam   22  
136 wind wana   22  
154 short word info tanam   22  
10 dirty rariai   23  
13 back word info karu   23  
13 back word info karo sina from EAG field notes 23  
32 tongue tapara   23  
155 long word info aroi   23  
106 snake tawai   24  
148 white busa[r]   24  
151 green kake cp. Leipon Kaki 24  
180 far woroi   24  
103 meat/flesh tarai   25  
131 cloud word info arepa   25  
195 no, not va   25  
65 rope vavi   2?  
101 to fly sapop   2?  
157 thick word info batoyar   3  
7 to come ra|ma   30  
33 to laugh mari   3?  
39 to cook word info nunu[m] to bake, roast, grill 3?  
39 to cook word info kundur   3?  
26 hair word info runandau   40  
5 to walk ra also 'to go' 40?  
118 grass samuen   48  
58 wife vinie   5  
59 mother sinia   5  
59 mother mai   5  
153 big baba   50  
2 left sara   55  
14 belly sane   58  
56 child a[n]tu cf 'small' 5?  
124 sea rau   6  
45 eye re   8  
48 to sleep ena   8  
43 ear taradir   9  

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